Holmes Firm PC is proud to announce that Jennifer S. Stoddard joined the firm as a shareholder in June 2020. Jennifer focuses her practice on business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, complex entity formations, finance and real estate transactions. In addition, she has 28 years of commercial litigation experience, so she is equally comfortable in …
Shareholder Donna Yarborough contributes to another successful 2020 North Texas Probate Bench Bar Congratulations to Donna J. Yarborough for her contributions to the 2020 North Texas Probate Bench Bar, which was held at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine, Texas on March 4–6. Donna was co-chairman of this year’s event. The probate bench bar was …
We are excited to announce that Scott A. Meyer has joined the firm as a shareholder to lead the firm’s corporate and intellectual property practice. Scott’s corporate practice includes entity formation, operational agreements, sales, acquisitions and mergers of businesses, corporate governance and employment matters. His intellectual property practice includes trademark, licenses and various service agreements …
We are thrilled to introduce J.D. Reed as the newest member of the Holmes Firm, PC. JD is an experienced and accomplished commercial and civil litigator, who has represented a wide range of clients in a broad spectrum of disputes, as both plaintiff and defense counsel. JD is a Dallas native. He graduated from the …
By Ron Holmes Brian has been with the Firm since March 2000, which grants him the Longevity Award at Holmes Firm PC (other than yours truly). Brian practices in the real estate arena, and his practice includes horizontal and vertical development, sales and acquisitions, investing, leasing, condominium associations, etc. This spotlight is on Brian’s leasing …
The Firm is proud to announce that attorney Donna Yarborough sat on the Planning Committee for the first ever North Texas Probate Bench Bar held at the Gaylord Texan Hotel on March 7 th and 8th, 2019. More than 250 attorneys from Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and Denton counties participated in the seminars, breakout sessions, happy …
For several decades, estate planners have recommended the use of family limited partnerships (“Family Limited Partnership”) as a beneficial means of transferring wealth. Many of you have employed this planning device, and others have considered, but not acted upon, this opportunity. Just as an example, father and mother contribute $1 million of assets into a …
by Ron Holmes Construction across all sectors is booming. Cranes are everywhere. But, as we all know from history, the music will stop and the lawsuits will follow. The Plaintiff’s attorneys in California have elevated to an art form the filing of construction defect lawsuits immediately prior to expiration to the statute of repose in …
By Ron Holmes Fortunately or unfortunately, I was a commercial real estate attorney during the last, great real estate bust (1987-1994). I had many successful clients, and knew of many more, who had amassed enormous wealth by hard work, ingenuity and adept risk taking in the real estate, only to see those fortunes disappear almost …
By D. Blake Wilson Restrictive covenants. To all those developers out there, these are probably all too familiar. They can be a great thing or a source of frustration and even litigation. A restrictive covenant may not say what you think it says. In a case recently litigated here in Texas, two property owners found …